On race morning it was raining, but by start time it had
stopped, although the track was still wet. At the start Senna got
away well and challenged Berger, while Mansell was right on his
tail. Toward the end of lap 1 Schumacher surprised Mansell to take
third place. At the back Éric Bernard and Érik Comas collided,
both men being out on the spot. The track was incredibly slippery
and there was a lot of action at the front with Senna, Schumacher,
Mansell, and Alesi all fighting over third place, while Berger
started to scamper away in the lead. Mansell tried to chase the
leader and forced his way past Schumacher before setting off after
Senna. Eventually he pounced on the main straight, the two great
rivals going wheel to wheel,just millimeters apart, with Mansell
taking the position and setting off after Berger. Prost was the
first front-runner to stop for dry tyres, followed shortly by
leader Berger, who had a very bad stop. Mansell and Senna both
stopped on the same lap and it was the McLaren team who won the
confrontation, getting Senna out ahead and into the lead from
Berger, Mansell, and Schumacher.

On the following lap Senna let Berger through as Mansell was
closing in. The rain returned and Senna had a dramatic spin at the
last corner, dropping from second to fifth while Schumacher passed
Prost for third. Mansell closed on Berger, and on lap 20 he made
his way up the inside to take the lead and proceeded to pull away,
while Berger came under pressure from the charging Schumacher. A
close battle ended when Schumacher spun while trying to pass, he
would stay in the race, but down in sixth place, which would become
fifth when Berger retired with yet another electronic failure. The
action continued for the major placings as Patrese passed Senna for
third then Alesi blew past Senna for fourth after Schumacher
pitted. Mansell duly took victory from Prost, Patrese, Alesi,
Senna, and Schumacher, while the Minardi drivers ended the race red
faced due to a last lap collision between Gianni
Morbidelli and Pierluigi Martini. Mansell's win with
Senna fifth meant that the title race was back on, but Senna still
led by sixteen points as the teams headed on to Japan.